Loving the Lion: BBW Shifter Mail Order Bride Paranormal Romance (Mail-Order Mates Book 1) Read Free

was golden tan and he had a mess of golden blond hair. His warm smile reached all the way to his sparkling green eyes.
    Olivia clicked through a few more pictures and Erin was sold. She would at least email the man. It couldn’t hurt to get to know him better. If nothing came of it, she would at least have an interesting story to tell.
    “I’d like to contact him.”
    “Great. Would you mind sending a picture of yourself? You don’t have to, of course.”
    “Oh, well, sure. I guess that’s fair.”
    “I can take one now.” Olivia pulled out a smart phone and stood up. She snapped a few pictures of Erin. “That should be great.”
    “I was sitting down. Are you sure those are good? I’m sure I have a few at home that are better.” She didn’t, but she could get Erica to take more flattering pictures. You could definitely see her small belly roll when she was sitting down. That picture had to be awful.
    “That angle is your friend. I take a lot of selfies. Trust me. This is a good picture.” Olivia turned the monitor back to herself and clicked around a little. When she spun the monitor around again, Erin was surprised. The angle was great. Her cleavage looked great and she had a small smile on her face. Erica would never be able to get a better shot.
    “I’ll let him know that you’re interested and open the line of communication.”
    “Thanks.”
    Olivia stood up and walked Erin out. She squeezed her arm at the door. “I’m only a phone call away if you ever want to set up an in-person meeting with Mr. Brooks.”
    Erin nodded. She didn’t know if she would get that far. An email. She could do just one email.
    ***
    “Are you checking your email again?” Kellan teased.
    “Nope. Just seeing if I had a missed call. I thought I felt my phone vibrate,” Owen lied. Of course he was checking his email again. He was obsessed with the little red-and-white app these days. He’d been emailing back and forth with Erin for two weeks. When Olivia had sent him the picture, he’d known it was going to be something special.
    He’d had a profile with the agency for eight months. His agent in Midland had told him it could take a while to find a match, but it was getting ridiculous. Everyone who contacted Owen wasn’t even close to what he was looking for. But Erin was perfect. Olivia said their questionnaires had been a match, too, but Owen didn’t care about that. Even if Erin had been a vegetarian or something else difficult to deal with, he wouldn’t have cared. She was so damn hot he wanted to pull her right through the picture.
    Her body was a work of art and he had only gotten a glimpse of it. Once they’d begun emailing back and forth, he’d known this was it. She was everything he was looking for. Kind, funny, hardworking, smart, and she was looking to settle down and start a family. She had never been with a shifter before but she was curious. Not in a weird shifter stalker way, either. She’d asked him a little about the pride and what it was like to change into an animal. Mostly, they’d talked about themselves and what they were looking for. They’d also traded dating horror stories. Owen couldn’t wait to meet her.
    “Come on, man, back to the task at hand.” Kellan waved his hand in front of Owen’s eyes.
    “Right.” Owen checked his phone one more time before reluctantly sliding it into his pocket. He looked at the blank paper in front of him. “Good things about living in Sunset Falls.”
    He and Kellan were at Frank’s Treats in town. They didn’t venture in to town much but Clint thought Frank might be able to help with the task at hand.
    Frank Franklin had lived in Sunset Falls his entire life too. He owed the only bakery in town and was very popular. Clint, Kellan, and Owen had failed miserably trying to come up with a list of good things about the Falls. Their list was too cut-and-dried. Nice scenery . Friendly people . Great food . Everything they came up with was generic and